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| Date: | Wednesday 12 July 2017 |
| Time: | 13:30 |
| Type: |  Cessna P206D Super Skylane |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | 5Y-PEB |
| MSN: | P206-0520 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Langata, Nairobi -
 Kenya
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Wilson airport |
| Kabarak | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Aircraft was ferrying journalist to NASA rally.
The plane crashed, clipped trees, under unknown circumstances shortly after takeoff. All occupants were injured.
The journalists sustained minor injuries while the pilots were badly injured.
Sources:
https://www.nation.co.ke/news/Plane-with-journalists-crashes-near-Wilson/1056-4011744-15ps0k3/index.html
https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2017/07/12/light-aircraft-carrying-citizen-tv-journalists-crashes-in-kibera_c1595714
https://www.tuko.co.ke/246371-plane-ferrying-journalist-nasa-rally-crashes-kibera.html
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/callumd/5771895449/in/photostream/
Images:
Media:
LIGHT AIRCRAFT crashes in Kibera, several journalists, crew heading to NASA rally in Baringo injured. pic.twitter.com/hsYErkCize
— TheStarBreaking (@TheStarBreaking) 12 juillet 2017
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Jul-2017 14:16 | gerard57 | Added |
| 12-Jul-2017 14:19 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, ] |
| 12-Jul-2017 17:49 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Cn, Location, Nature, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Jul-2017 18:17 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Embed code, ] |
| 12-Jul-2017 19:12 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Jul-2017 19:16 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Cn, Photo, ] |
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